Saelee-McCain disappeared two weeks before Tyler McCain, her husband, was slated to appear in court to face four felony domestic violence charges. A judge dismissed McCain's domestic violence case at the request of the District Attorney's request later that July.

The disappearance of a Shasta County woman is now being investigated as a homicide, the sheriff's office said on Friday. Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain was initially reported missing by family members on May 22,